Hi everyone,

Lots of great and exciting news came out over the weekend.

The biggest, in my opinion, is the Perplexity is planning on running ads!

Why is this crazy? Well, typically the LLM model has been a premium subscription service, not ads. Having ads will mean you may get advertiser-influenced answers… who wants that?

More news on crazy stuff that Salesforce and Amazon are doing below.

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Let’s get right into it.

In this issue:

• 🤝In Partnership: Driving revenue through strong affiliate partnerships with Rewardful

• 🤿Deep Dive: Two new autonomous AI sales agents from Salesforce

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤿Deep Dive: Perplexity AI's emerging advertising strategy

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 🤿Deep Dive: Amazon's GenAI boosts developer productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Salesforce Introduces Two New Autonomous AI Sales Agents

Intelligence: Salesforce announces the introduction of two new autonomous AI sales agents, Einstein Sales Development Rep (SDR) Agent and Einstein Sales Coach Agent, aiming to accelerate sales team growth and efficiency.

• Einstein SDR Agent engages independently with inbound leads, answering questions, addressing objections, and scheduling meetings.

• Einstein Sales Coach Agent helps train salespeople by simulating a buyer during discovery, pitch, or negotiation calls.

• Both agents use Salesforce's Einstein 1 Agentforce Platform and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) service.

Significance: This demonstrates the potential of AI in sales and customer service sectors. By automating routine tasks and providing training, these AI agents can help sales teams focus on higher-value activities, ultimately increasing efficiency and productivity. 

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Perplexity AI's Controversy and Emerging Advertising Strategy

Intelligence: Amidst allegations of plagiarism, Perplexity AI, the AI-assisted search startup, plans to start running ads alongside its search results in the fourth quarter.

• Despite plagiarism accusations, Perplexity AI is preparing to run ads on its search app.

• The company has seen significant growth, with the app downloaded over two million times and answering over 230 million queries a month.

• Advertisers will be able to sponsor “related questions” and buy display ads on Perplexity.

Significance: This highlights the growing influence of AI-assisted search and the potential shifts in online advertising strategies. While controversies like plagiarism allegations can impact a company's reputation, Perplexity AI's growth and new ad strategy underscore the increasing relevance of AI in search and advertising markets.

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Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

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• 📈 Seven24.ai - Turning feedback into prioritized, actionable tasks with AI. Free option available.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Amazon's GenAI Boosts Developer Productivity

Intelligence: Amazon's AI-powered software development assistant, Amazon Q Developer, is significantly boosting productivity, saving developers from tedious tasks, and saving the company $260 million annually.

• Amazon developers previously spent 70% of their time on repetitive tasks rather than coding.

• Amazon Q Developer helps improve productivity, secure coding, and assists junior developers in learning by example.

• Amazon has migrated 30,000 product applications from Java 8 or 11 to Java 17 with the tool, saving over 4,500 years of development work and $260 million annually.

Significance: Amazon's GenAI handles repetitive tasks, letting developers focus on more complex and critical work. This shift suggests a future where developers collaborate with AI to boost productivity and efficiency.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

👨‍⚖️ AI Bill Benefits Outweigh Costs Claims Company, Anthropic

San Francisco-based AI company, Anthropic, supports California's revised bill on AI regulation, SB 1047, claiming the benefits possibly outweigh the costs, despite ongoing concerns from major tech companies like Google and Meta. The bill requires advanced AI models to undergo safety testing and enforces a kill switch mechanism for malfunctioning models.

🚀 Professional Services Embrace AI with Harvey's Biannual Usage Trends

Harvey, a generative AI platform, reveals strong and consistent adoption trends among its users, especially in BigLaw firms, underscoring the increasing reliance and value of AI solutions in professional services and showcasing a bright future for AI tools in enhancing efficiency and productivity.

🤖 Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Flexes Its Muscles 

Boston Dynamics, now owned by Hyundai, teases the capabilities of their new electric biped robot, Atlas, with a viral video of it performing robust push-ups, hinting at its promising potential for factory floor usage.

🔌 Meta and Spotify CEOs Raise Alarm on EU AI Regulation

Meta and Spotify's bigwigs are sounding the alarm on proposed AI regulation in the EU, arguing that it could potentially stifle innovation, unfairly burden smaller businesses, and jeopardize Europe's stance in the global tech arena.

🎉 Midjourney's AI-generated Image Site Now Free-for-all

Midjourney, has now made its AI-image generator website available to everyone for free, allowing users to create and refine up to 25 AI-generated images without the earlier requirement of Discord.

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